Neo-trad tattoo ideas

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Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman holding a crystal ball, with roses and a jewelled butterfly headpiece, on an upper arm.
Crystal ball woman and roses on upper arm
Neo-traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a red-sailed ship in a lightning storm above an octopus and sharks in green sea.
Pirate ship and octopus full sleeve
Full back tattoo of a multi-armed goddess wearing a skull garland, set against a red sun disc, with a lotus on the shoulder and a blue sleeve on the arm, in Japanese and neo-traditional style.
Goddess with skulls full back tattoo
Upper arm tattoo of an ornate spade with teal filigree scrolls and black lettering reading We're all mad here, in a decorative lettering style.
Ornate spade with 'We're all mad here' lettering
Black and white photo of a large black and grey skull tattoo covering a person's back, with a dotwork star on the upper back and a portrait on the arm.
Skull and star back tattoo in black and grey
Colour tattoo of a blue police box with a striped scarf wrapped around it, on the upper arm of a person wearing a grey top.
TARDIS with striped scarf on upper arm
Neo-traditional botanical tattoo of a pink rose with rosemary sprigs and grey-green leaves across the upper arm and shoulder.
Rose and rosemary on an upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm showing a woman's face merged with a skull, with a butterfly wing over one eye and a Roman numeral clock behind.
Half skull and half woman face with clock on upper arm
Colour tattoo of Jack Skellington, Sally and other Nightmare Before Christmas characters under a spiral moon, covering an upper arm and shoulder.
Nightmare Before Christmas characters on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a fawn's head with pink blossoms, a daisy and red berries on an upper arm.
Deer with blossom on an upper arm
Three-panel photo of a neo-traditional horse tattoo with a feathered headdress and red accents on the upper arm.
Horse with feather headdress on an upper arm
Arm with a colourful cartoon sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, holding a comic-printed skateboard with orange wheels.
Cartoon sleeve tattoo on an arm holding a skateboard
Full arm sleeve tattoo in colour showing the Joker, Batman, a bat emblem and Two-Face, running from the shoulder to the wrist on a man wearing a grey vest.
Batman villains full sleeve tattoo on an arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of peonies, anemone-style flowers and a moth across a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Peonies and moth on upper arm
Black and grey profile portrait of a woman with red line planet, red and black lightning bolts and a red triangle, tattooed on the upper arm in a neo-traditional style.
Profile portrait with planet and lightning bolts
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon penguin in a red bobble hat on an ice floe, with snowflakes and blue swirls, on the upper arm.
Cartoon penguin with snowflakes on an upper arm
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on a forearm and upper arm showing a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress, with stars, leaves and a dagger around her.
Profile portrait and stars on a full sleeve
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a haunted house under a purple sky with bats and bare trees, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Haunted house and bats on upper arm
Greyscale lion head tattoo with pink flowers and leaves on a person's upper arm and shoulder, in a neo-traditional style.
Lion head with pink flowers on upper arm
Colour botanical tattoo of sunflowers, red poppies and purple berries with green leaves and ink splashes, across a woman's shoulder and upper arm, seen from behind.
Sunflowers and poppies on a shoulder and upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing an armoured woman with a halo, surrounded by flames, above a red banner reading Bigmouth Strikes Again.
Armoured saint in flames with banner on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a teal and orange mandala-style flower surrounded by brown and green leaves on the upper arm.
Teal mandala flower with leaves on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a owl with a clock face on its chest and a branch beneath it, on the upper arm, in green, yellow and red.
Owl with clock face on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a smiling cartoon cat with a crescent moon on its forehead and a red bow with a gold star brooch, on the upper arm.
Cartoon cat with crescent moon and red bow
Colour tattoo of a red rose with angular geometric shapes, teal accents and black drips on a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Red rose with geometric shapes on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a skull with red butterflies, lace and beaded chains on the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull with butterflies and beads on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a teacup with a pink rose and green leaves on the upper arm, with the words Tea heals all wounds curving around the saucer.
Teacup and rose with tea quote
Large neo-traditional sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman in profile with an owl headdress and flowing purple hair.
Owl and woman portrait on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a black nesting doll with large green eyes and red lips, surrounded by pink, red and purple flowers, on the upper arm.
Matryoshka doll with roses on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional style tattoo of Finn, Jake and other cartoon characters from Adventure Time across an upper arm.
Adventure Time characters on upper arm
Colour botanical tattoo of blue foxgloves, a red poppy and pink gerberas with black outlines on the upper arm.
Foxglove, poppy and gerbera flowers on an arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm of a cartoon cat with a red bow sitting on a red spotted mushroom, surrounded by butterflies, flowers and clover.
Cartoon cat with red bow on a mushroom, upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of pink peonies, peach anemones and green leaves across a woman's back shoulder and upper arm, with a small bird near the shoulder blade.
Peonies and anemones across a shoulder and upper arm
Full torso covered in traditional style tattoos, with a coloured skull and roses above a black and grey owl on the stomach, with sleeves visible on both arms.
Skull, roses and owl across a full torso
Colour tattoo of a sunset landscape with a tree and birds inside a scalloped heart outline, on the upper arm.
Sunset landscape in a heart on an upper arm
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a creature with an open mouth and tongue, a fin above and scales, with pink fill and black outlines on an upper arm.
Pink-backed creature with fin and lettering on arm
Five views of a colourful full sleeve tattoo in neo-traditional and Japanese-inspired style, showing birds, swirling clouds and rays across the upper arm and forearm.
Colourful bird and cloud full sleeve
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of peppermints, hearts, gumdrops and lollipops covering an upper arm.
Candy sweets pattern on an upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pocket watch cracked open to reveal gears and hands, with Roman numerals, sitting on the upper arm.
Broken pocket watch with gears on an arm
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat's grinning face with green eyes and teal stripes, in neo-traditional style on the upper arm.
Cheshire Cat grin on upper arm
A full sleeve tattoo of feathered wings in grey and beige with red shading, running from the upper arm down to the wrist on a man wearing a white vest.
Feathered wing full sleeve tattoo on an arm
Colour tattoo of ornate bronze armour, a central framed figure and a teal wheel across a man's chest, shoulder and left arm sleeve, in a neo-traditional style.
Ornate armour chest and sleeve tattoo
Colour full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing Nightmare Before Christmas characters, jack-o'-lanterns and a haunted moonlit scene, in a neo-traditional style.
Nightmare Before Christmas full sleeve
Colour tattoo of a grinning Cheshire Cat with green eyes and a red cherry in neo-traditional style across the upper arm and shoulder.
Cheshire Cat and smoke on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a red and black emblem with red triangles, dark swirling shapes with red eyes, and a grey medallion with green leaves.
Red and black emblem with leaves on upper arm
Realistic neo-traditional tattoo of a grey skull shaped like a cupcake with red blood dripping down, placed on the upper arm, shown in a two-panel photo.
Skull cupcake with blood drip on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a tabby cat in a top hat and monocle, with a songbird perched on the hat, on the upper arm.
Cat in top hat and monocle on upper arm
Grey skull tattoo with dripping teardrops and a banner above it, on the outer upper arm of a person in a grey t-shirt.
Skull with banner on upper arm